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City of Osage Beach, MO
Camden County
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Cross Reference — Officers and employees generally, §115.010 et seq.
[R.O. 2006 §130.060; CC 1985 §9-26; Ord. No. 88.21 §1, 12-1-1988; Ord. No. 94.01 §1, 1-6-1994]
A. 
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall appoint a suitable person as Municipal Judge who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen and until a successor is appointed and qualified.
B. 
Appointments shall be for a term of two (2) years commencing July first (1st) of each even-numbered year.
C. 
Appointments to complete a portion of a term shall be for the remainder of the original term and an additional two (2) year period.
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Cross Reference — Elections, ch. 105.
[R.O. 2006 §130.070; CC 1985 §9-27; Ord. No. 94.01 §§2 — 4, 1-6-1994]
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The Municipal Judge shall possess the following qualifications before he/she shall take office:
1. 
He/she shall be a licensed attorney, qualified to practice law within the State, this does not apply to a person holding office on the adoption date of this Code;
2. 
He/she must be a resident of the State;
3. 
He/she must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and may not serve after reaching his/her seventy-fifth (75th) birthday; and
4. 
He/she may not hold any other office within the City Government.
[Ord. No. 18.46, 9-20-2018]
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The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall appoint a suitable person as Municipal Judge Pro Tem, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Such individual shall have and hold all the qualifications as the duly appointed Municipal Judge for the Osage Beach Municipal Division.
B. 
The Municipal Judge Pro Tem shall serve only upon the request of the Municipal Judge or the Presiding Judge of the 26th Judicial Circuit Court, in the event the Municipal Judge is unavailable or temporarily unable to serve.
C. 
Appointments shall be for a term of two (2) years commencing July 1 of each even-numbered year.
D. 
Appointments to complete a portion of a term shall be for the remainder of the original term and an additional two-year period.
[R.O. 2006 §130.080; Code 1975 §72.180; CC 1985 §9-28]
The compensation of the Municipal Judge and all other Municipal Court personnel shall not be dependent in any way upon the number of cases tried, the number of guilty verdicts reached or the amount of fines imposed or collected.
[R.O. 2006 §130.090; CC 1985 §9-29; Ord. No. 94.01 §§5 — 6, 1-6-1994]
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The Municipal Judge shall vacate his/her office under the following circumstances:
1. 
Upon removal from office by the State Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of Judges, as provided in Supreme Court Rule No. 12; or
2. 
Upon attaining his/her seventy-fifth (75th) birthday.
[R.O. 2006 §130.100; Code 1975 §72.050; CC 1985 §9-30]
The Municipal Judge shall be a conservator of the peace. He/she shall keep a docket in which he/she shall enter every case commenced before him/her and the proceeding therein and he/she shall keep such other records as required. Such docket and records shall be records of the Circuit Court. The Municipal Judge shall deliver said docket and records and all books and papers pertaining to his/her office to his/her successor in office or to the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court. The Municipal Judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her, and may fine or imprison for contempt committed before such Judge while holding Court, in the same manner and to the same extent as a Circuit Judge.
[R.O. 2006 §130.110; Code 1975 §72.070; CC 1985 §9-31]
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The Municipal Judge shall cause to be prepared within the first (1st) ten (10) days of each month, a report containing a list of all cases heard and tried before the Court during the preceding month, giving in each case, the name of the defendant, the fine imposed, if any, the amount of costs, the names of the defendants committed and the cases where there was an application for trial de novo, respectively. The report shall be prepared under oath by the Municipal Court Clerk or the Municipal Judge. The monthly report will be filed with the City Clerk, who shall thereafter forward the same to the Board of Aldermen and the City Attorney for examination at its first (1st) session thereafter.
B. 
The Municipal Court shall, within the ten (10) days after the first (1st) of the month, pay to the City Treasurer the full amount of all fines and costs collected during the preceding month, if they have not previously been paid.